Photo by © Notes of Aircraft Builders TG-channel During a government meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin, Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, reported that […]
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Photo by © Notes of Aircraft Builders TG-channel During a government meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin, Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, reported that […]
Read morePhoto © UAC Press Service On July 10, 2025, the second prototype Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) equipped with Russian-made PD-8 turbofan engines (tail number 97012, serial number 95157) completed a […]
On June 25, 2025, certification flight testing continued at Zhukovsky Flight Test Center with the SJ-100 aircraft, tail number 97021. The flight evaluated the aircraft’s stability and controllability at airspeeds […]
Read morePhoto © UAC Press Service The experimental Superjet 100 (aircraft number 97023, serial number 97003), equipped with fully localized systems and Russian-made PD-8 engines developed by the United Engine Corporation […]
Read moreImage © UAC Press Service On June 2nd and 3rd, at the Zhukovsky airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII), the SJ-100 prototype aircraft (registration number 97021, serial number […]
Read moreImage by © UAC Press Service Certification testing of the SJ-100 aircraft has commenced at Dzyomgi Aerodrome, part of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant. Flight operations are being conducted by aircraft […]
Read moreImage by © UAC Press Service The creation of the PD-8 engine was a response to several challenges faced by the Russian aviation industry in the second half of the […]
Read moreImage by © UAC Press Service PJSC Yakovlev has completed the reconfiguration of the cabins of nine SSJ100 aircraft belonging to Rossiya Airlines. The aeroplanes have been converted to a […]
Read morePhoto by © Aviation of Russia The initial pessimistic forecast regarding the number of SSJ100 aircraft taken out of service, made in 2022 amidst intensifying sanctions pressure, has proven unfounded. […]
Read morePhoto by © Aviation of Russia In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the prototype Superjet 100 aircraft, registration number 97012, has now completed its tenth flight equipped with PD-8 engines. This was announced by […]
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